Former US Attorney General Eric Holder says his father’s pardon of Hunter Biden was “justified.”

“Here is the reality,” he wrote on

“Had his name been Joe Smith, the resolution would have been fundamentally and more fairly a rejection. Pardon warranted.”

Holder further addressed Donald Trump’s nomination for FBI director, writing, “Ask yourself a far more important question. Do you really think Kash Patel is qualified to lead the world’s leading law enforcement investigative organization? Obvious answer: Hell no.”

Yes. In his final weeks in office, Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner. He also pardoned several associates convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Trump announced plans over the weekend to name the elder Kushner as U.S. envoy to France in his next administration.

President Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother Roger Clinton in 2001 after he served a prison sentence on drug charges.

Clinton also pardoned his former business partner Susan McDougal, who was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the Whitewater real estate deal.

Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, at his golf club in Florida on Sunday.

The meeting comes as Senator Lindsey Graham has stated that the president-elect wants to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza before taking office.

According to Graham, Trump wants “an agreement to release the hostages and end the war as quickly as possible, ideally before he takes office.” Axios reported.

“Trump is more determined than ever to release the hostages and supports a ceasefire that includes a hostage deal,” Graham told Axios. “He wants it to happen now.”

“I want the people of Israel and the region to know that Trump is focused on the hostage issue. He wants the killing to stop and the fighting to end.”

Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks has sided with President Joe Biden on his decision to pardon his son Hunter, saying he was prosecuted solely because of his last name.

Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday, she said she was “relieved and thrilled” that Biden did it.

“This was one of those cases where clemency was called for,” she said.

“First, Hunter Biden would never be prosecuted for the gun crime, but rather because of his last name. Secondly, he was an addict and that was a reason for his actions.

“He has been sober for many years now and this is the time when a grant of clemency is truly appropriate.”

Former national security adviser John Bolton has compared Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee to be FBI director, to one of the Soviet Union’s most feared and brutal secret police chiefs.

“Trump nominated Kash Patel to be his Lavrenty Beria,” Bolton said on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” on Sunday. “Fortunately, the FBI is not the NKVD. The Senate should reject this nomination by a vote of 100-0.”

NKVD refers to the Interior Ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union, which existed from 1934 to 1946.

According to the Atomic Heritage Foundation, Lavrenti Beria was appointed deputy chief of the Soviet secret police by Joseph Stalin and was head of the Soviet atomic bomb project.

He is known for his violent tactics, including kidnapping, torture and rape, which he used in the ranks of the secret police.

After winning the election and coming to power, Republicans are planning an ambitious 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and Republican lawmakers with a majority in Congress to achieve their policy goals.

Donald Trump has appointed Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister to head the Drug Enforcement Agency. Chronister is the sheriff of Hillsborough County, which covers the Tampa Bay area.

“I am pleased to appoint Sheriff Chad Chronister as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday evening.

“For over 32 years, Sheriff Chad Chronister has served the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and has received countless awards and accolades for keeping his community SAFE. A proud graduate of the 260th Session of the FBI National Academy, Chad is Co-Chair of the Regional Domestic Security Task Force for Region IV Tampa Bay, Council Member of the Florida Attorney General’s Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, and Chairman of the Criminal Justice Sub-Committee, Vice Chairman of the Hillsborough County Public Safety Coordinating Council and vice chair of the Hillsborough County Public Schools Citizen Oversight Committee.

“As DEA Administrator, Chad will work with our great Attorney General Pam Bondi to secure the border, stop the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs across the southern border, and SAVE LIVES. Congratulations to Chad, his wife Nikki and two wonderful sons!”

Following the results of the presidential election, New York State Senator Liz Krueger has floated an interesting idea for her state: joining Canada.

Krueger, whose district includes Manhattan, has proposed that New York secede from the United States and become a province of Canada to protest Donald Trump’s policies on mass deportations.

“It’s not unreasonable to think outside the box,” Krueger said Politico this month.

The senator first proposed secession in September.

“I thought I would suggest to Canada that instead of all of us trying to cross the border illegally at night without them noticing, which is quite difficult because there are a lot of us, they should instead agree to give us the southeastern province “To leave, a “new province of Canada,” Krueger said in an interview at the time.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate MAGA loyalist Kash Patel to head the FBI.

For Patel to take over as head of the agency, current FBI Director Christopher Wray would have to resign or be fired. Trump appointed him in 2017 and has three years left in his 10-year term.

Trump announced his pick for Patel, who has vowed to go after Trump’s enemies in the media, on Saturday evening.

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A former member of Donald Trump’s administration has warned fellow Republicans not to “underestimate” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the liberal congresswoman is touted as a possible candidate to lead the Democratic Party.

Monica Crowley, a former public affairs official at the Treasury Department during the first Trump administration, said on Fox News Friday that AOC had “real grassroots support” through her early use of social media.